About the length of the working day

After World War II, Joseph Stalin again raises the issue of the urgent need for the widespread introduction of the 6-hour workday norm

“...it would be wrong to think that it is possible to achieve such a serious cultural growth of the members of society without serious changes in the present state of labor. For this purpose it is necessary first of all to reduce the working day to at least 6 and then to 5 hours. This is necessary in order to give the members of society enough free time for a comprehensive education. For this it is necessary, further, to introduce compulsory polytechnic education, necessary for the members of society to be able to freely choose a profession and not be chained for life to one profession....

Joseph Stalin, “Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR,” September 28, 1952”

After Stalin's death, the USSR leadership removed from the agenda the need to move to a six-hour day for the masses.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шестичасовой_рабочий_день

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